The Aging Thyroid: Thyroid Deficiency in the Framingham Study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 1985, Pages 1386-1388

  Sawin, Clark T ^a,c   Castelli, William P ^b   Hershman, Jerome M ^a,d   McNamara, Patricia ^b   Bacharach, Pamela ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 84941812676     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1985.00360080056006     Document Type: Article

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